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#!/bin/sh
# This script helps you find something if you have tons of open panes...
#
#
# $0 '[a]bcdef'
notthispane=$TMUX_PANE
if [ "$1" = "-a" ]; then
notthispane=''
shift
fi
if [ -z "$*" ]; then
cat <<EOT
Usage:
$0 <options> [arguments to grep to find something in any open tmux pane]"
Options:
-a include the current pane (not included by default because you could just search backwards...)
e.g.
$0 -Pi '[f]oo.*bar\d+'
Tip: The use of brackets around a single char avoids finding your own attempt at finding something,
at until you start showing the found history in this pane.
EOT
exit 1
fi
for pane in $( tmux list-panes -a|grep -Po '%\d+' ); do
if [ -n "$notthispane" -a "$notthispane" = "$pane" ]; then
continue
fi
if tmux capture-pane -S - -p -t $pane |grep "$@"; then
echo ""
echo "------ Pane: $(tmux list-panes -a |grep -w $pane) ------"
fi
done
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bdowling commented Feb 8, 2023

If you find yourself with a lot of tmux window panes open, and you can't remember where you ran a particular command or had some output you needed to capture, you can use this to find it. Hope you find it useful.

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